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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

April 14, 1996Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1996, 5:56 AM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 1996, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1996, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1996-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1996-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 141056
SVRTOP
KSC029-157-141130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
556 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CLOUD COUNTY...REPUBLIC COUNTY
 
AT 0550 DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONCORDIA
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 40 MPH. CLOUD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORIA AT NEAR THE
SAME TIME.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE JAMESTOWN VICINITY AS WELL AS NORWAY
AND BELLEVILLE AND BE NEAR NARKA BY 630 AM.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
FRANTZ/BILLS
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.